Stripping with nitromorse

[homerjwho]

Hey guys. Just bought myself a bottle of Nitromorse super strip, a few days ago, and decided last night that some of my old WH Orcs needed touching up so dunked em in over night. It seemed to be working, with all the inks just floating off, then when I was trying to get the paints off this morning with a toothbrush I had to employ some serious scrubbing. Is this normal? Is there anything quicker, as holding those tiny minis and scrubbing that hard has left my hand in pain, I doubt I\'ll bother painting today which was the whole idea.
Any suggestions as to if I\'m doing anything wrong? I know about nail varnish remover, acetone, brake fluid etc but this was recommended to me, which is the quickest?
Cheers!

 

[generulpoleaxe]

nitromorse is the best out of the lot. you only need to soak the minis for an hour or two. i tend to forget about the minis so they stay there a couple of days.

when scrubbing with the tooth brush have some warm water running and do it under that. you shouldn\'t have to scrub hard at all, the paint should float off under the running warm water added by a gentle scrubbing motion.

or it could be that i am a heavy handed gitlol

 

[Fizl]

I use nitromors and I barely have to scrub at all. Is it old and gone off?

Shaz

 

[homerjwho]

no it was a brand new bottle... so under warm water not cold? and I\'m using super strip which is like a thick gel, is that gonna make a difference? cheers guys.

 

[Fizl]

I just use the all puepose paint and varnish remover. Evil smelling gel. Put it in for anything between 30 minutes and 2 hours for acrylic paint.

If it is enamel paint though, I don\'t know how long it will take. When I am rinsing, I use which ever tap is most comfortable at the time (warm in winter, cool insummer). Not sure that would make much difference

Shaz

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by homerjwho
I know about nail varnish remover, acetone, brake fluid etc but this was recommended to me, which is the quickest?
Cheers!

In terms of absolute speed a very strong solvent will usually win, and that should be the basis of a Nitromors stripper - at least one of their products are/were based on halogenated hydrocarbons which are some of the most powerful solvents.

I\'ve hand-stripped a figure prepped with automotive primer using lacquer thinner and the paint dissolves immediately under the brush. Obviously you only want to use something like this on a metal figure.

Normally for stripping though I use oven cleaner.

Einion